166 Biden calls Byrd a mentor: Michael McAuliff, “Joe Biden Mourns Byrd,” New York Daily News, February 22, 2013, https://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/joe-biden-mourns-byrd-blog-entry-1.1661734.
168 Black Lives Matter donation: Influence Watch profile on Black Lives Matter, https://www.influencewatch.org/movement/black-lives-matter/.
168 Heather Mac Donald, “Hard Data, Hollow Protests,” City Journal, September 25, 2017, https://www.city-journal.org/html/hard-data-hollow-protests-15458.html.
170 https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-fatalities16.
170 https://www.newsweek.com/police-killings-unarmed-black-men-538542.
171 Interview with Joseph Cesario in reference to “The Truth Behind Racial Disparities in Fatal Police Shootings,” MSU Today (Michigan State University), July 22, 2019, https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2019/the-truth-behind-racial-disparities-in-fatal-police-shootings. Full report available at https://www.pnas.org/content/116/32/15877.
8: ON EXCUSES
184 Dr. Ben Carson, M.D., Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (Zondervan, 1990).
189 “Tyler Perry Gives Powerful Speech of Motivation as He Accepts Ultimate Icon Award,” BET Awards 2019, YouTube video, 3:45, posted by BET Networks, June 23, 2019, https://www.youtu.be.com/DVjjSxpqbOo/.
192 Jessica Semega, Melissa Kollar, John Creamer, and Abinash Mohanty, “Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018,” United States Census Bureau, September 2019, https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2019/demo/p60–266.pdf.
9: ON FAITH
202 Dr. Martin L. King, speech delivered at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963, transcript available here: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/i-have-dream-address-delivered-march-washington-jobs-and-freedom.
204 Shelby Steele, White Guilt (New York: HarperCollins, 2006), p. 34.
207 Karl Marx, “A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right,” available here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1843/critique-hpr/intro.htm.
208 Bible, English Standard Version, Matthew 24: 4–7.
209 Pew Research Center, Religious Landscape Study (RLS-II), May 30, 2014. Study found here: https://www.pewforum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/11/201.11.03_rls_ii_ques-tionnaire.pdf. Results published here: https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/christians/christian/.
210 Gallup “In Depth: Topics A to Z: Religion,” https://news.gallup.com/poll/1690/religion.aspx.
210 Pew Research Center, “In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace,” https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/.
210 Pew Research Center, Religious Landscape Study (RLS-II), May 30, 2014. Data on “blacks” here: https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/racial-and-ethnic-composition/black/.
211 Jeffrey Jones, “U.S. Church Membership Down Sharply in Past Two Decades,” Gallup News, April 18, 2019, https://news.gallup.com/poll/248837/church-membership-down-sharply-past-two-decades.aspx.
212 Statement at https://secular.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DNC-Resolution-on-the-Nonreligious-Demographic.pdf.
214 Catie Edmondson, “ ‘So Help Me God’ No More: Democrats Give House Traditions a Makeover,” New York Times, May 11, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/us/politics/democrats-house-oath.html.
216 Bible, English Standard Version, Isaiah 2:12.
216 Ibid., Proverbs 13:10.
216 Ibid., Galatians 5:1.
217 Ibid., Lamentations 2:14.
218 Ibid., Matthew 7:15.
218 Ibid., Matthew 23:23–34.
220 Dr. Martin Luther King, speech delivered at Bishop Charles Mason Temple, April 3, 1968, transcript available here: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/ive-been-mountaintop-address-delivered-bishop-charles-mason-temple.
10: On Culture
221 Confucius, Art of Quotation, 10 Nov. 2015, artofquotation.wordpress.com/2015/07/26/if-one-should-desire-to-know-whether-a-kingdom-is-well-governed-if-its-morals-are-good-or-bad-the-quality-of-its-music-will-furnish-the-answer-confucius/.
222 The Temptations, “My Girl,” Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, Motown Records, December 12, 1964.
222 Megan Thee Stallion, “Savage,” Megan Pete, Anthony White, and Bobby Session, Jr., 1501 Certified and 300 Warner, April 7, 2020.
224 Beyoncé, “Formation,” Lemonade, Parkwood Entertainment, 2016.
224 “Hillary Clinton Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1,” YouTube Video, posted by The Breakfast Club, April 18, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRZd861Pog0.
225 “Joe Biden on Black Woman Running Mate, Democrats Taking Black Voters for Granted + Wiping Weed Crime,” YouTube Video, Posted by The Breakfast Club, May 22, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOIFs_SryHI.
226 Eric Levitz, “Will Black Voters Still Love Biden When They Remember Who He Was?,” New York Magazine, March 12, 2019, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/joe-biden-record-on-busing-incarceration-racial-justice-democratic-primary-2020-explained.html.
228 Bible, English Standard Version, 1 John 5:21.
228 Ibid., Leviticus 19:4.
228 Ibid., Psalm 16:4.
230 Bill Strande, “Transcript of 911 call on George Floyd released,” KARE 11, May 28, 2020, https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/george-floyd/transcript-of-911-call-on-george-floyd-is-released/89-34f18837-3b09-421b-b3db-e2c0f5dfa6fa.
230 Eliott McLaughlin, “Three videos piece together the final moments of George Floyd’s life,” CNN, June 1, 2020, https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/us/george-floyd-three-videos-minneapolis/index.html.
232 “Sharpton at George Floyd memorial: ‘Get your knee off our necks,’ ” YouTube Video, Posted by The Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEghWqk_F9k.
233 “Arrest in fatal shooting of beloved retired St. Louis police captain during protests,” CBS News, June 8, 2020, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-dorn-arrest-suspect-killing-st-louis-police-captain-protest/.
233 FBI: Uniform Crime Report, “Table 29: Estimated Number of Arrests,” https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-29.
233 “Police Shooting Database 2015–2020,” The Washington Post, June 9, 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/.
233 Sachin Jangra, “George Floyd Criminal Past Record of Arrest History/Career Timeline: Robbery, Baggie, Gun Pregnant and All Details,” The Courier Daily, June 6, 2020, https://thecourier-daily.com/george-floyd-criminal-past-record-arrest/20177/.
235 Daniel Villarreal, “George Floyd Was on Fentanyl, Medical Examiner Says, As Experts Dispute Cause of Death,” Newsweek, June 2, 2020, https://www.newsweek.com/george-floyd-was-fentanyl-medical-examiner-says-experts-dispute-cause-death-1507982.
236 Heather Mac Donald, “The Myth of Systemic Police Racism,” Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2020, https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-myth-of-systemic-police-racism-11591119883.
11: ON SLAVERY
239 Ginger Gibson, “Senator Elizabeth Warren backs reparations for black Americans,” February 21, 2019, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren/senator-elizabeth-warren-backs-reparations-for-black-americans-idUSKCN1QA2WF.
240 CNN Newsroom, Transcripts, February 26, 2019, “Some 2020 Candidates Back Idea of Slavery Reparations,” http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1902/26/cnr.08.html.
240 Juana Summers, AP News, “O’Rourke, Castro talk reparations at civil rights conference,” April 3, 2019, https://apnews.com/ffa90003022044a288cc0cd1a54f3eaf.
242 Times of Israel staff, “World War III trends on social media following Soleimani killing,” January 5, 2020, https://www.timesofisrael.com/world-war-iii-trends-on-social-media-following-soleimani-killing/.
242 Sophie Lewis, CBS News, “Rose McGowan defends tweet apologizing to Iran after airstrike,” January 4, 2020, https://www.cbsnews.com/new
s/rose-mcgowan-iran-actress-defends-tweet-apologizing-to-iran-after-airstrike-kills-qassem-soleimani/.
243 Human Rights Watch, “Women’s Rights in Iran,” October 28, 2015, https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/10/28/womens-rights-iran.
245 Hank Berrien, “Kaepernick Quotes Frederick Douglass to Bash July 4th. Cruz Crushes Him with Facts,” Daily Wire News, July 5, 2019, https://www.dailywire.com/news/kaepernick-quotes-frederick-douglass-bash-july-4th-hank-berrien.
246 Rodney Stark, How the West Won (Wilmington, DE: Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2015), pp. 221–22.
247 John Noble Wilford, “New Data Suggests Some Cannibalism by Ancient Indians,” New York Times, September 7, 2000, https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/07/us/new-data-suggests-some-cannibalism-by-ancient-indians.html.
250 Thomas Hobbes, Of Man: Leviathan, 1651 (New York: P. F. Collier, 1909–14).
252 Leif Coorlim, “Child slaves risk their lives on Ghana’s Lake Volta,” CNN, February 2019, https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/02/africa/ghana-child-slaves-intl/.
254 Tyler D. Parry, “How the ‘Democratic Plantation’ became one of conservatives’ favorite slurs,” Washington Post, January 8, 2019, https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/08/how-democratic-plantation-became-one-conservatives-favorite-slurs/.
257 Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845), pp. 2–4.
259 Plato, Republic, VII, “The Allegory of the Cave” (translation by Thomas Sheehan), https://web.stanford.edu/class/ihum40/cave.pdf.
266 Emily Rolen and Brian Hickey, “ANTIFA protesters confront conservative activists Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens at Philly Restaurant,” August 6, 2018, https://www.phillyvoice.com/antifa-protesters-charlie-kirk-candance-owens-philly-restaurant-turning-point-usa/.
267 Joe Concha, “CNN’s Cuomo defends Antifa: Those who oppose hate ‘are on the side of right,’ ” The Hill, August, 14, 2018, https://thehill.com/homenews/media/401699-cnns-cuomo-defends-antifa-those-who-oppose-hate-are-on-the-side-of-right.
267 “Senators Question Clarence Thomas,” C-SPAN clip, October 11, 1991, https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4763224/user-clip-thomas-high-tech-lynching.
CONCLUSION
275 Matt Bruenig and Ryan Cooper, “How Obama Destroyed Black Wealth,” Jacobin Magazine, December 7, 2017, https://jacobinmag.com/2017/12/obama-foreclosure-crisis-wealth-inequality.
281 President Donald J. Trump Inaugural Address: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/the-inaugural-address/.
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